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Peter Ruti

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How Umuganura is transcendental and unifying in Rwandan society

Friday, August 01, 2025

President Habyarimana's MRND party proposed sharing ministerial posts, with the RPF expected to join a coalition government led by a Prime Minister and including opposition members.

Habyarimana's MRND maneuvred to circumvent Arusha peace protocol

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

President Juvénal Habyarimana during the signing of the peace agreement in Arusha, Tanzania

How Habyarimana regime sabotaged peace accords

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Paul Kagame and RPF representatives during talks with Habyarimana following the pressure due to the RPA military advances.

How Habyarimana accepted talks after pressure, RPA military advances

Friday, July 11, 2025

Rwanda Patriotic Army fighters register members during the Liberation Struggle in 1990s. Courtesy

Kwibohora: A look back at decades that preceded July 4, 1994

Friday, July 04, 2025

At the beginning of the liberation struggle, President Habyarimana requested France to help a French-speaking country that had been attacked by English-speaking feudalists supported by a foreign country.

RPF's proactive diplomacy made Habyarimana’s Western allies reconsider their moves

Thursday, July 03, 2025

RPF was portrayed as a reincarnation of the Inyenzi raids of the 1960s and a movement of Tutsi monarchists who did not accept the 1959 revolution.

When RPF attacked, Habyarimana tried to hoodwink the world

Saturday, June 28, 2025

In the morning of October 1, 1990, a few RPA soldiers attacked Kagitumba border post which they overran very easily after a brief encounter. File

How Habyarimana's intransigence occasioned RPF armed struggle

Thursday, June 19, 2025

RPA soldiers in 1990s. Rwandese Alliance for National Unity (RANU) was created after the failure of UNAR to usher in a new era. Time and evolution of events led RANU to morph into the RPF-Inkotanyi.

How RANU morphed into RPF as a liberation movement

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Rwanda Patriotic Army soldiers pose for a group photo during the Liberation War in 1990s. File

How refugees' exclusion at home and failure to integrate into host countries birthed RPF armed struggle

Thursday, June 05, 2025

Former President of Rwanda Juvenal Habyarimana. Courtesy

How Habyarimana worked tooth and nail to disown Rwandan refugees

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Former Rwandan presidents Gergoire Kayibanda and Juvenal Habyarimana

How Kayibanda, Habyarimana failed to handle Tutsi refugee crisis

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Former President of Rwanda Juvenal Habyarimana. Courtesy

How Habyarimana’s ethnic and regional quotas undermined his rule

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

President Juvenal Habyarimana’s MRND’s party and its leader. Courtesy

How Habyarimana’s regime worsened divisionism

Wednesday, May 07, 2025

Former President Juvenal Habyarimana

How President Habyarimana consolidated all power

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Former Presidents Gregoire Kayibanda and Juvenal Habyarimana..

Habyarimana’s coup against Kayibanda offered hope for Tutsi, only it was short-lived

Thursday, April 24, 2025

At the end of the First Republic, PARMEHUTU relied on a small group of people from Gitarama who were among President Kayibanda’s faithful friends.

How Kayibanda’s regime of divisionism destroyed itself

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

President Gregoire Kayibanda.

Years of infighting in PARMEHUTU led to 1973 coup d’état

Friday, April 11, 2025